“At the best of times, Father Bain's face resembled a clenched fist.” — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“He stood for a moment, bereavement a sudden, small tear in his soul.” — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
It was in a way a comforting idea; if there was all the time in the world, then the happenings of a… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Is it true—that I won’t forget?” He paused for a moment, hand on her hair. “Aye, that’s true,” he said softly. “But… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I don't plot the books out ahead of time, I don't plan them. I don't begin at the beginning and end at… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Sassenach,” he said against my shoulder, a moment later. “Mm?” “Who in God’s name is John Wayne?” “You are,” I said. “Go… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“For a moment, half blinded by dirt, I couldn’t see Jamie at all. Then I spotted him. He was under the bear,… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Fraser stood quite still for a moment, breathing slowly and regarding Woodbine as a tiger might regard a hedgehog: yes, he could… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
D'ye ken that the only time I am without pain is in your bed, Sassenach? When I take ye, when I lie… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“This is the thin time, when the beloved dead draw near. The world turns inward, and the chilling air grows thick with… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
He touched the rough crucifix that lay against his chest and whispered to the moving air, "Lord, that she might be safe,… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“I married a lady and she became a whore. I cannot complain if it should be the other way about this time.”… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Sorcha,” he whispered, and realized that he had called her so a moment before. Now, that was odd; no wonder she had… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Don't move, Sassenach," Jamie's voice came softly, next to me. "Just for a moment, mo duinne--be still." I obligingly froze, until he… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
As usual, the note occupied less than a page and included neither salutation nor closing, Uncle Hal's opinion being that since the… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Brianna was twenty-three. She might be no more than in her mid-thirties by the time Jem was fully independent. And if he… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I read some books, and I thought, 'This is better than sliced bread!' and a month later, I couldn't remember thinking about… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
But we are here, all of us. And we're here because I love you, more than the life that was mine. Because… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“I've seen ye so many times," he said, his voice whispering warm in my ear. "You've come to me so often. When… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Look back, hold a torch to light the recesses of the dark. Listen to the footsteps that echo behind, when you walk… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Time is a lot of the things people say that God is. There's always preexisting, and having no end. There's the notion… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“I've never been afraid of ghosts. I live with them daily, after all. When I look in a mirror, my mother's eyes… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“And when I'd lost him this time, to the sea, I'd remembered the sense of him beside me, warm and solid in… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
But just then, for that fraction of time, it seems as though all things are possible. You can look across the limitations… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“IN THE LIGHT OF eternity, time casts no shadow. Your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions. But… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I read all the time. People ask, 'Do you read while you work?' And I say, 'I better.' I take two or… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Pointless to spend too much time in planning, anyway, given the propensity of life to make sudden left-hand turns without warning.” — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Some time later, long after 'Voyager' was published, I came across the Dunbonnet in another reference, and it gave an expanded version,… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Sassenach,” he said against my shoulder, a moment later. "Mm?” "Who in God’s name is John Wayne?” "You are,” I said. “Go… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“I’m not sure that religion was constructed with time travelers in mind.” Buck’s brows rose at that. “Constructed?” he echoed, surprised. “Who… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I stood still, vision blurring, and in that moment, I heard my heart break. It was a small, clean sound, like the… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
This is our time. Until that time stops - for one of us, for both – it is our time. Now. Will… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
...well, if women's work was never done, why trouble about how much of it wasn't being accomplished at any given moment? — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“I felt simultaneously wonderful and wretched, and didn’t know from moment to moment which feeling was uppermost.” — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“And time is, of course, all-healing. Give anything enough time, and everything is taken care of: all pain encompassed, all hardship erased,… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“We've ghosts enough between us, Sassenach. If the evils of the past canna hinder us-neither then shall any fears of the future.… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
He reached forward then took me in his arms, held me close for a moment, the breath of snow and ashes cold… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Those small spaces of time, too soon gone, when everything seems to stand still, and existence is balanced on a perfect point,… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
If you're going to write time travel stories, you have to sort of figure out how does time travel work in this… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“I understood very well just then, why it is that men measure time. They wish to fix a moment, in the vain… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Alright, all right," I said. "What if I tell you a story, instead?" Highlanders loved stories, and Jamie was no exception. "Oh, aye, "… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share
There were moments, of course. Those small spaces in time, too soon gone, when everything seems to stand still, and existence is balanced on… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share
If it was a sin for you to choose me . . . then I would go to the Devil himself and bless him… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share
When I turned 35, I thought, 'Mozart was dead at 36, so I set the bar: I'm going to start writing a book on… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share
I stagger out of bed, take the dogs outside, and then I'll get a Diet Coke and a couple of dog biscuits and go… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share
“It was…hard. I didna call out, or let them see I was scairt, but I couldna keep my feet. Halfway through it, I fell… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share
I discovered that, given the indescribable nature of what I write, the only way to sell it is to give people free samples. — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share
“We are bound,you and I, and nothing on this earth shall part me from you."One large hand rose to stroke my hair. "D'ye mind… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share
I think characters are going to be, if not a reflection of the author, at least some refraction of some part of their personality. — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share
My husband asked me once why I read so many mysteries, and part of it is just intellectual, part of it is the joy… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share
When you're an artist, you can't write with the intent of affecting anyone. — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share
“But a man is not forgotten, as long as there are two people left under the sky. One, to tell the story; the other,… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share
“I didn’t answer, occupied in dissolving the penicillin tablets in the vial of sterile water. I selected a glass barrel, fitted a needle, and… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share
